Greece

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Ancient Greece is called 'the birthplace of Western civilization'. About
2500 years ago, the Greeks created a way of life that other people
admired and copied.

The Ancient Greeks tried out democracy, started the Olympic Games and left new ideas in science, art and philosophy (thinking about life).

The Ancient Greeks lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in what is now Turkey, and in colonies
scattered around the coast of the Mediterranean sea. There were Greeks in
Italy, Sicily, North Africa and as far west as France. Sailing the sea
to trade and find new land, Greeks took their way of life to many
places.